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Showing Original Post only (View all)Let's create an anti-NRA lobby and give the same amount of money they give - to anti-gun candidates. [View all]
Last edited Sat Mar 23, 2013, 04:42 PM - Edit history (1)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/politics/nra-congress/EDIT TO ADD: That I am not talking about "repeal the Second Amendment people" I am talking about people who want to have real reform in our country with regards to gun legislation. So we won't have another assault weapons ban bill fail. It failed because of the NRA and everyone knows it.
The charts here show how much money was given to what Senate or House member. We all know that the better rating the NRA gives to a member the more money that member will get from them for their next race.
All we have to do is exceed the amount of money they give and we can have the same influence. I know we don't want to give money to republicans but what about the democrats that got money from them? And find out exactly how much they gave to a republican candidate and give the same amount to their democratic challenger.
They only gave a total of $421,000 to Democrats in the 2012 election. Someone here knows how to start a lobby and raise money. We can do that! And they gave 3,849,000 to Republicans. If our sole aim is to get these gun whores out we can raise that too.
I sign so many petitions and what does it matter if people are ruled by the money God. We have to fight fire with fire in this case I believe.
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Let's create an anti-NRA lobby and give the same amount of money they give - to anti-gun candidates. [View all]
Maraya1969
Mar 2013
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Meek Mike, the Great Equalizer has done just that. Support the 800 Mayors against Guns.
graham4anything
Mar 2013
#2
1%ers are the bullies...and they do it everywhere, just like Bloomie
ProgressiveProfessor
Mar 2013
#9
Get a shotgun and fire it through the door at noises on the other side if I remember correctly.
cherokeeprogressive
Mar 2013
#31
Wow. I wonder what his wife thinks about his cavalier attitude towards doors.
AnotherMcIntosh
Mar 2013
#32
You might want to cross post this in the new Gun Control Reform Activism
ProgressiveProfessor
Mar 2013
#3
I said I don't "know" any. I see some posters in blogs say they are, but I don't know them.
Honeycombe8
Mar 2013
#21
It was just an idea that popped into my head. Your point is valid. But I see that there is
Maraya1969
Mar 2013
#14
See we are scatered. If all these groups got together and pooled their money they could
Maraya1969
Mar 2013
#24
So you believe that"buy us a great congress and senate!" is the way to run the country?
oneshooter
Mar 2013
#40
It would be a VERY good idea to have our authentic position on the 2nd Amendment represented for
patrice
Mar 2013
#20
It'd be fun to try to co-opt the N, R, A & smart to use the word NATIONAL in the name, so . . .
patrice
Mar 2013
#22
I like the way that word parallels the NRA's own de facto claims of absolute authority. I also
patrice
Mar 2013
#27
Something like this could be used as a central set of standards to assess the extent to which
patrice
Mar 2013
#25
I don't think much short of repealing the 2nd would make much difference, to be honest.
Donald Ian Rankin
Mar 2013
#35